I've been thinking recently Jodeci did three projects in 5 years. But they just stopped after that? MCA must have been pissed after investing that much money in this group and they were like "We are going to take a hiatus" For close to two decades? Did Jojo & Kci duo really give them the out

Could it be that MCA didn't want to deal w/ the fact that they had total control of their production/songwriters & didn't need any outside assistance? Dalvin says they recorded 200 songs and w/ those 200 songs you would think they would be able to pick 12 to make a fine comeback album.

If Dalvin is telling the truth that Devante is in the studio every night, they must have a crazy amount of music. Jodeci's management must be horrible because they don't even want to release anything from the past near two decades. Does anyone know why nothing came out other than feature collabs?

You can't say drugs to the answer of the question, Jodeci must really have the most horrible deal not even release anything this long. WHat the hell is going on? I see Kci and Jojo are about to release another duo album, forget a Jodeci album.

I refuse to believe that Devante is just sitting in an alley on a cocktail of ecstasy/heroin/cocaine/meth completely out of his mind. That Devante interview was rather strange from 2 years ago, he doesn't sound like he even wants to deal w/ another contract. MCA & Suge Knight have made the Degrate brothers untrusting of anything. Even Dalvin hasn't released any solo since 2000.

When did Jodeci sign a deal w/ Interscope? They couldn't even get a e.p.? This deal must be horrible.

Interscope wants to take everything from 4 members just trying to live. Anyone know if Interscope deal is still the same? Devante must be scared to death to release a solo project, he didn't have a singing voice. What is he going to do? I hope he doesn't go the Stevie J route and get a reality show spin off. Come to think of it, how much money could a quartet group make release an album these days?

R&B version of Guns N Roses.

mrjun18 said:

One word: "drugs".

If all four brothers were out of it, no studio would have them, the drug situation must alternate. The fact they didn't release anything is strange in itself. They didn't even give any new material for the greatest hits. Damn, I said,don't say drugs.

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Drugs and alcohol was basically it.

I'm still waaaaaiting... for that aaaaaalbum...

(I'll be waiting) forever, forever, foreeeeeever...

I'm not sure about a new album, but did anyone see what happened at a show they did in England a few months ago?

Does any of you remember that VIBE article about DeVante & Jodici?

Fascinating read. DeVante went through some issues, and it reflected on his treatment to his artists - even though they acknowledged that he was a very good mentor to them.

mrjun18 said:

One word: "drugs".

"Cocaine is a hellova drug..."

These cats are so over the top that it is beyond ridicules.

Well the last album was 1995 and lived into 1996, and then K-Ci & JoJo broke off in 1997 to release an album with a bigger smash single ("All My Life") than any of Jodeci's hits. K-Ci & JoJo were SO POP in 1998, and in the meantime Jodeci's main producer Devante Swing had his feelings hurt somewhat by the success of his underlings, Timbaland, Missy, and Ginuwine.

What happened in the 00's, I don't know.

DeVante losing his damn mind AND sanity due to his drug problems.

MCA, Interscope, Geffen are all a part of Universal Records, so that si who owned the masters.

From what I know it is/was and always will be the drugs, the alcohol and drama of trying to be a group.

I think it has more to do with how the music industry (in my opinion) deliberately does things to sabotage artists into speeding up their own demise. I think the enablers, hangers on, etc. are a huge part of the problem. I think this is strange that those guys seemed to just be in the stratosphere one minute then obscure 90s nostalgia dudes the next minute. I guess it's the nature of the business. Very few artists are fortunate enough to have longevity and sadly, this is even more true in R&B past the early-mid 80s or so...

SeventeenDayze said:

I think it has more to do with how the music industry (in my opinion) deliberately does things to sabotage artists into speeding up their own demise.

That could be but these guys did this 2 themselves.

At the height of their career, K-ci was invited 2 be the act at an NBA player's birthday party in San Diego. He was so drunk that he did not get thru a single song and damn near passed out on the stage. I was so dumbfounded by this that 2 this day I still can't believe he did that dumb shit. It was extremely embarrassing 4 everyone involved and it ruined the party.

SeventeenDayze said:

I think it has more to do with how the music industry (in my opinion) deliberately does things to sabotage artists into speeding up their own demise. I think the enablers, hangers on, etc. are a huge part of the problem. I think this is strange that those guys seemed to just be in the stratosphere one minute then obscure 90s nostalgia dudes the next minute. I guess it's the nature of the business. Very few artists are fortunate enough to have longevity and sadly, this is even more true in R&B past the early-mid 80s or so...

Good points

mjscarousal said:

SeventeenDayze said:

I think it has more to do with how the music industry (in my opinion) deliberately does things to sabotage artists into speeding up their own demise. I think the enablers, hangers on, etc. are a huge part of the problem. I think this is strange that those guys seemed to just be in the stratosphere one minute then obscure 90s nostalgia dudes the next minute. I guess it's the nature of the business. Very few artists are fortunate enough to have longevity and sadly, this is even more true in R&B past the early-mid 80s or so...

Good points

Thanks! Also good points made by Graycap as well. Something to consider...how many times do you hear about artists getting so strung out that they eventually sign away the rights/royalities to their music (if they were lucky enough to get them)? How many times do the fat cat record execs, attorneys, etc. just conveniently become the ones to take that away from the artists? I think it's done by design to control the artists and to ensure that they will most likely never get what they are really worth.